Biomass renewable energy is derived from plant waste and offers a potentially unlimited energy supply with less harm to the environment. It can be replenished quickly through proper land management and is carbon neutral. In the US, it provides six times more energy than geothermal, solar, and wind combined. Developing countries rely on biomass for 35% of their energy production. Tax incentives for renewable energy exist in 29 countries.
Biomass renewable energy is energy usually derived from plant waste, such as beet, corn or sugar cane waste that can be used to make ethanol fuel for automobiles, aircraft and other forms of transportation. Renewable energy from biomass offers a potentially unlimited energy supply to modern civilization because most of the energy derived from biomass was first generated by the sun. Renewable energies such as those produced from biomass products are also generally considered to be less harmful to the environment, as less pollution is generated in the process of production and use.
Unlike fossil fuels, biomass’ renewable energy can also be replenished in a short period of time by simply planting more of the crop that is used to generate the fuel or by harvesting more plants otherwise unused by nature. It therefore depends on proper land management. Proper use of freshwater resources and sustainably conserving soil must be at the heart of biomass energy production if it is to be a long-term solution to growing energy needs.
In the United States, biomass renewable energy as of 2002 provided six times more energy than geothermal renewable energy, solar energy and wind resources combined. Estimates are that 3% of all energy in the United States is provided by renewable biomass resources. Globally, 14% of energy needs are met by biomass fuels.
Most renewable energy sources from biomass are also carbon neutral, contributing no net greenhouse gas emissions to the environment. This is because the plants used initially extract carbon from the air as they grow, so that any carbon emitted by converting them into fuels later simply balances that reduction. Otherwise free sources for renewable energy from biomass include vegetable waste, such as wood residues from the pulp and paper industry, as well as industrial and municipal waste. A US timber processing region produces 1,000 trillion British thermal units (BTU) in biomass energy each year, much of this wood chips being burned as an energy source by local industry. Woody biomass also accounts for more than 10% of all energy production in Austria.
As of 2011, renewable energy credits for biomass renewable energy use are actively promoted in 18 US states that have official renewable portfolio standards (RPS) and over 29 other industrialized nations worldwide have established tax incentive programs for renewable energy. The use of biomass products for energy production through heating and cooking is a natural part of the culture of developing countries, with estimates that 35% of all energy production comes from these sources. Wood is also the most common biomass product globally for local electricity generation. By burning waste wood for heating, steam power plants are powered.
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